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Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not debating.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Fear.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach should debate the treaty. He should stop hiding behind media soundbites.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He always gets the last word during these brief Dáil exchanges. The people should get full information on all the issues pertaining to this treaty. The European Stability Mechanism is one of the central issues he has raised as an argument for supporting the treaty. He should take this opportunity to tell the people of this country the truth about the ESM. Will he admit the reality that...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That money is likely to end up bailing out Spanish banks.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: After putting billions of euro into bailing out Irish banks, we will end up bailing out Spanish banks and other European banks. Where will we get the €11 billion from? That money is in addition to the €8 billion in cuts under the troika programme over the next three years, the €5 billion in cuts that are required to meet the deficit targets under the fiscal treaty and the billions in...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach admit that even if we pass the fiscal treaty, there is no guarantee that we will get money from the ESM? If the Spanish banks require recapitalisation, there might not be enough money in the ESM to provide assistance to this State if it requires it.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Even if we can access money from the ESM, it will be subject to strict conditionality, which means more austerity will be shoved down the throats of the people of this country.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not incredible that the ESM gives complete immunity from legal prosecution to the board of governors of the ESM?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The ESM will pay no tax. All of its documentation will be inviolable from any sort of oversight or investigation.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what is in the treaty.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Will the Taoiseach admit that the ESM is not an insurance policy for the Irish people? It is not a good reason to vote for the fiscal treaty.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is actually one of the best reasons to vote against the fiscal treaty.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not an insurance policy for the people of this country. It is an insurance policy for the banks and the speculators in Europe.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a mechanism to shove more austerity down the throats of Irish citizens-----

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and citizens across Europe.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is it not the truth that the Taoiseach is deceiving people?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: According to the ESM treaty, which I have before me, "there may be paid out of the Central Fund or the growing produce of that Fund sums, aggregating to a sum not exceeding €11,145,400,000".

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is in the treaty.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The treaty also states that "if indispensable to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole and of its Member States", then "the ESM may therefore provide stability support". If it "may" provide it, then it follows that it may not.